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RIYADH AS-SALIHIN 55. Messenger. When they have accepted this, inform them that Allah has appointed for them five Prayer services in twenty four hours. When they have submitted to this, tell them that Allah has made obligatory upon them alms which will be collected from those who are well-to-do among them and will be restored to the poor. When they submit to this, be mindful not to take their best belongings for this purpose. Guard yourself against the plaint of a wronged one, for between that and Allah there is no barrier (Bokhari and Muslim). 211. Abu Hamid Sa'idi relates that the Holy Prophet appointed a man of the Azd called Ibn al-Lutbiyyah as collector of Zakat. When he returned from his assignment he reported: This and this I have collected as Zakat and that and that are gifts presented to me. Thereupon the Holy Prophet ascended the pulpit, praised and glorified Allah and said: I appoint a man from among you to carry out some duty in connection with that which Allah has committed to me and he comes back and says: This is yours and that has been presented to me as a gift. . If he is telling the truth why did he not sit in the house of his father or mother so that his gifts should have come to him? By Allah, if any one of you should take' anything to which he has no right, he will meet Allah on the Day of Judgment carrying that thing. So let me not see any of you meet Allah carrying a grunting camel or a mooing cow or a bleating goat. Then he raised his arms so high that the white of his armpits became visible and his supplication went up: Allah, I have conveyed Thy command (Bokhari and Muslim). 212. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Should a Muslim owe an obligation to his brother in respect of his honour or anything else, let him obtain a release of it today before the time comes when he will have neither dinars nor dirhems. Else, if he should have good deeds they will be taken away from him in proportion to his obligation, and if he should not have good deeds he would be burdened with the evil deeds of the one he wronged in the same proportion (Bokhari). . 213. Abdullah ibn Amr ibn 'As relates that the Holy Prophet said: A. Muslim is one against whose tongue and hands the Muslims are secure; and an. Emigrant is one who departs from that which Allah has forbidden (Bokhari and. Muslim). 214. Abdullah ibn Amr ibn 'As relates: A man named Kirkira who was in charge of the personal effects of the Holy Prophet died and the latter said: He is in the Fire. Some people went to his house looking for its cause and found therein a cloak that he had embezzled (Bokhari). 215. Nufai ibn Harith relates that the Holy Prophet said: Time is running in the same manner as it was on the day Allah created the heavens and the earth. A year has twelve months, four of which are sacred, three in a row Zul. Qa'ad, Zul Hajj and Muharram, and Rajab between Jumadi and Sha'aban. . Which month is this? We said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He remained silent and we thought he would give it a new name. Then he said: Is it not Zul Hajj? We said: Indeed. Then he asked: Which city is this? We said:. Allah and His Messenger know best. He remained silent and we thought he